Thank God... Hennigan was dealt a real shitty hand with the Dwight Howard fiasco but he only made things worse every year. Get him out of here. Blow the damn thing up and start over. Keep Vogel because we're not gonna find anyone better any time soon.

NYBF wrote:Hennigan sucked, but when you have an ownership group that is considering bringing in Grant Hill this ****ing problem will never be fixed until the team is sold.

I agree, the organization is weird about who they hire and they have an odd obsession with hiring former players and coaches. My hope is that when Rich DeVos eventually passes (not wishing death on anyone, the man is 91) that his kids sell the team. Probably a longshot though.

I have been a fan since before their first tip off (long story, completely unrelated to my Bucs fanhood). But if they bring back Grant Hill, **** this franchise. I'll happily move along and find someone new to root for.

I agree with this. The Spurs are the only team that 'can' grind GS down in a series imo. The Cavs have no chance until they start playing some effort on defense, as of right now they would get swept by GS imo. But the finals are long way off and the Cavs have 6 weeks to figure it out. I do think the Cavs can marginally improve through the eastern conference and beat the Pacers - Raptors/Bucks - Celtics.

GS just has too much offense. To beat them you have bring the intensity on defense every time down the floor in hopes of keeping them to a low shooting % while you're team shoots the lights out.

I'd let Draymond and Iggy take all the open 3's they want and live w/ the results. If those two guys are making shots you're fucked anyways, so make them be the ones that beat you and force/pressure the ball when Curry/Klay/KD touch it.

A lot of people picked the Bulls in this series. Boston is the worst 1 seed in the last 20 years statistically.

The east is a mess....still.

Agreed, Boston is a very well coached team, but doesn't have the talent to raise their level of play in teh postseason over what we saw in the regular season. Despite being an 8th seed, the Bulls are arguably a more talented team and definitely have more star power and playoff experience w/ Rondo-Butler-Wade.

The weakness of the East will provide the Cavs a chance to get their **** together before facing off against GS/SA in the finals.

I know we always say "don't count out the Spurs", but the Warriors would much rather play them. Even after tonight's win, I am underwhelmed by them. They just aren't a great team this year, especially without Parker. I don't see a series going over 5 games if they make it to the next round.

The Rockets, when hot, are amazing and have won by 20+ in both of their wins against the Spurs. When they have their nights where they make 20+ 3 pointers at 40%+, they can beat anyone, but just like many predicted they would be in the playoffs. They are hot/cold.

Both of these teams are better than the Wizards and Celtics, but unless something crazy happens, it appears pretty obvious that we will get our Warriors/Cavs rematch.

uscbucsfan wrote:I know we always say "don't count out the Spurs", but the Warriors would much rather play them. Even after tonight's win, I am underwhelmed by them. They just aren't a great team this year, especially without Parker. I don't see a series going over 5 games if they make it to the next round.

The Rockets, when hot, are amazing and have won by 20+ in both of their wins against the Spurs. When they have their nights where they make 20+ 3 pointers at 40%+, they can beat anyone, but just like many predicted they would be in the playoffs. They are hot/cold.

Both of these teams are better than the Wizards and Celtics, but unless something crazy happens, it appears pretty obvious that we will get our Warriors/Cavs rematch.

I'm a Rockets fan and last night was the most frustrating game since Damian Lillard's buzzer beater. Harden and Eric Gordon, our primary ball handlers, both were terrible down the stretch and in OT. Mike D'Antoni went with a 7-man rotation, he needs to find one or two more guys to trust (Dekker and Harrell).

As a basketball fan, I'd much rather watch Rockets-Warriors than Spurs-Warriors. Rockets-Warriors would be a barrage of threes and fast paced. Rockets have had trouble with the Spurs size/post presence and the Warriors don't have/do much of that. Last year with Dwight and without Gordon, Williams, or Anderson we took 1 game from the dubs, I'd like to think we could get hot and take at least two.

Spurs-Warriors...I guess the Spurs would play Gasol and Aldridge together and try to pound them inside? I have a hard time believing they could even keep the game close with that strategy. The Warriors are basically the Rockets but much, much better (that's what happens when you have two MVP-caliber players and two more all-stars).